Sawubona from Siteki! We made it! The long haul overnight was fine – some even slept. Next a transfer through Jo’burg airport with tired kids, too many rucksacks and irritation at yet another airport security check led to mango sorbet for breakfast to cheer everyone up. Then it was time to head onwards to Manzini… Read More Soft Landing
The countdown is on… 2 more sleeps! We fly on Thursday – first to Frankfurt, on to Jo’burg and then to Swaziland. This time next week, we’ll have had four nights under Swazi skies… It turns out life is pretty crazy when you’re moving a family to Africa in 3 days time. We thought moving… Read More Sugar highs and sad goodbyes
I’m on a plane ! And it’s the first time I’ve had 5 minutes peace in a long time…. peace from endless to do lists, errands, packing, repacking, moving, packing. Children are occupied with kindles, a peace which comes completely free of parental guilt at 30-something thousand feet… baby cooing happily. We’ll see how long… Read More Plane Post
3 weeks to go! Yikes, it’s all getting a bit real. The stress levels and emotions are running high… Here’s what we’ve been up to. Dedicating Micah- we had the great privilege of having Micah dedicated at our church on Sunday and had lots of lovely family and friends in town to help us celebrate.… Read More Mambas and Meltdowns
“You’re not getting paid?!” The eyes of my friend grew wide. Despite being a good friend and having been part of our journey in deciding to go to Swaziland, I hadn’t made it clear that Nick’s job is unsalaried and that we are responsible for meeting most of our costs. So, I will make it… Read More Bottom Lines
It’s definitely time I told you about our family’s plan to spend a year in Swaziland. Yup. Really. For those who don’t know us we are Nick (qualified GP and doctor in Public Health), Jenny (doctor in Obstetrics & Gynaecology), Noah (aged 7, obsessed with Lego, geography and animal habitats), Elsie (aged 4, likes a… Read More Riches of Swaziland
Have you felt safe this week? I have to confess that, living 2.5 miles from the scene of the biggest terrorist attack the UK has seen in the last ten years, I haven’t felt safe at times. On Tuesday, as the tales of the horror began to emerge from the scene of the blast, helicopters… Read More An open invitation to the safest place in the world
“Mum, they said the guy who did it got a bomb and put it on his body, and that he died too with all those people… why did he do that, Mum?” He wasn’t crying. He didn’t look scared. He was confused. And my heart broke. This wasn’t the plan for today. Today the plan… Read More Our Kid
In the summer of 1994 I watched BBC news reports of the horrors unfolding in Rwanda. A country I had never heard of, very far away. But day after day, the scenes of people pouring over the borders of neighbouring countries to flee the mass killings unfolded on the television screen. I still vividly remember a… Read More The Search for Home
This morning I woke up in a hotel on Romania at 5am UK time. Immediately, I fumbled for my TV remote. To my utter shock the UK had voted to leave the European Union… Well, around 52% of us. I stumbled down the breakfast to discuss with a group of Brits… When I say discuss,… Read More Identity Crisis
